Day two at the Ahwahnee Hotel Vintners’ Hoidays. Rob the speaker from Talbott is an older gentleman that is funny and I assume is the owner. His stories are great and I feel a small sense of being start stuck when he mentions that his daughter one of the wines is named after is sitting in the audience. I look up and attempt to get a glimpse but there are to many people around…..darn it! Ok ok back to the wine. My favorite the 2011 Cuvée Sarah Case Chard. It smells of gasoline….a smell I like and I was afraid it may taste like it smells which would be bad but it doesn’t! Smooth with a very tiny hint of butter on the back end.
His discussion mainly was focused on cork versus cap screw. It was very informative and enjoyable….for the first time these past few lectures I didn’t tune out and start tasting all the wine!